Drug Card Flashcards
Adenosine:
1. Class
2. Concentration
3. Dose
4. Indications
5. Route
6. Onset/Duration
7. Side Effects
8. Contraindications
- Antiarrhythmic
- 6mg/2mL
- 6mg, 12mg
- Narrow complex SVT
- 18g AC fast IV push w/ 30mL LR
- 30sec/6sec
- Asystole
- Wide Complex Tach, WPW
Albuterol
1. Class
2. Concentration
3. Dose
4. Indications
5. Route
6. Onset/Duration
7. Side Effects
8. Contraindications
- Sympathomimetic Bronchodilator/Beta 2 Agonist
- 2.5mg/3mL
- 2.5mg Q5
- Bronchospasm, Hyper K+
- SVN
- 1-15min/3-6hr
- Tachycardia
- None
ASA
1. Class
2. Concentration
3. Dose
4. Indications
5. Route
6. Onset/Duration
7. Side Effects
8. Contraindications
- Anti-platelet
- 81mg/tab
- 324mg
- CP, Acute MI
- PO
- 5min/24hrs
- Nausea, GI Bleeding
- Allergy
Atropine
1. Class
2. Concentration
3. Dose
4. Indications
5. Route
6. Onset/Duration
7. Side Effects
8. Contraindications
- Parasympatholytic
- 1mg/10mL (pre-load)
- 0.5mg - 1.0mg (max 3), organophosphate: 2-5mg q10-15
- Bradycardia, Organophosphate Poisoning (after DuoDote)
- IV
- 2-4min/4hrs
- HA, dizziness, confusion
- Caution in MI
Calcium Chloride
1. Class
2. Concentration
3. Dose
4. Indications
5. Route
6. Onset/Duration
7. Side Effects
8. Contraindications
- Electrolyte
- 1mg/10mL (pre-load)
- 1g, repeated once after 10min
- HyperK, Ca channel blocker OD
- IV/Flush Line
- Rapid
- Extravasation Necrosis
- Digitalis Toxicity
D10
1. Class
2. Concentration
3. Dose
4. Indications
5. Route
6. Onset/Duration
7. Side Effects
8. Contraindications
- Carbohydrate
- 25g/250mL (pre-mix)
- Titrate to LOC
- Hypoglycemia
- IV
- 1-10min
- Hyperglycemia
- Hyperglycemia
Diltiazem
1. Class
2. Concentration
3. Dose
4. Indications
5. Route
6. Onset/Duration
7. Side Effects
8. Contraindications
- Ca2+ channel blocker
- 25mg/5mL
- 1˚: 20mg over 2min, 2˚: 25mg over 2min
- A-FIB RVR, SVT after Adenosine
- SLOW IVP in 5mg increments over 2 min
- 3min/1-3hrs
- Bradycardia, Hypotension, Heart Block
- WPW, Hypotension w/ shock, severe heart failure
Diphenhydramine
1. Class
2. Concentration
3. Dose
4. Indications
5. Route
6. Onset/Duration
7. Side Effects
8. Contraindications
- anti-histamine
- 50mg/1mL
- 25-50mg
- hives second to allergy, dystonic reaction
- IV
- 1min/4hrs
- Drowsiness
- Long QT
DuoDote
1. Class
2. Concentration
3. Dose
4. Indications
5. Route
6. Onset/Duration
7. Side Effects
8. Contraindications
- Nerve Agent Antidote
- 2.1mg Atropine 600mg Pralidoxime
- 1 Autoinjector +2 PRN
- Organophosphate Poisoning
- IM
- <5min/1hr
- NA
- None
Epi (Plan A)
1. Class
2. Concentration
3. Dose
4. Indications
5. Route
6. Onset/Duration
7. Side Effects
8. Contraindications
- Sympathomimetic
- 1mg/10mL
- 0.5mg (>100kg 1.0mg)
- Plan A
- IV/IO
- Rapid/5min
- Tachycardia, Anxiety, CVA
- None
Epi (Non-Plan A)
1. Class
2. Concentration
3. Dose
4. Indications
5. Route
6. Onset/Duration
7. Side Effects
8. Contraindications
- Sympathomimetic
- 1mg/1mL
- 0.3mg
- Anaphylaxis, Asthma
- IM
- Rapid/45min
- Tachycardia, anxiety, CVA
- None
Epi (Drip)
1. Class
2. Concentration
3. Dose
4. Indications
5. Route
6. Onset/Duration
7. Side Effects
8. Contraindications
- Sympathomimetic
- 8mcg/mL
- 2mg in 250mL D5W titrate to SBP 90
- Anaphylaxis, Asthma, Hypotension w/ Bradycardia
- IV Infusion (own line)
- Rapid
- Tachycardia, Anxiety, CVA
- None
Etomidate
1. Class
2. Concentration
3. Dose
4. Indications
5. Route
6. Onset/Duration
7. Side Effects
8. Contraindications
- Hypnotic
- 20mg/10mL
- 0.2mg/kg (1/2 dose hypotension)
- RSI/Induction
- Fast IVP
- 30sec/10min
- Myoclonus, Repeat doses can cause bradycardia
- None
Fentanyl
1. Class
2. Concentration
3. Dose
4. Indications
5. Route
6. Onset/Duration
7. Side Effects
8. Contraindications
- Narcotic Analgesic
- 100mcg/2mL
- 25-50mg increments (titrate to effect)
- Pain, MI, Post-intubation sedation
- IV
- Rapid/30-60min
- Respiratory Depression, Nausea
- Allergy
Furosemide
1. Class
2. Concentration
3. Dose
4. Indications
5. Route
6. Onset/Duration
7. Side Effects
8. Contraindications
- Loop Diuretic
- 40mg/4mL
- 20-40mg (2x daily dose up to 160mg for daily Lasix)
- CHF, Pulmonary Edema
- IV
- 15-30min/6hours
- Hypotension, Dizziness
- Hypotension, Sepsis
Hydroxocobalamin
1. Class
2. Concentration
3. Dose
4. Indications
5. Route
6. Onset/Duration
7. Side Effects
8. Contraindications
- Cyanide Antidote
- 5g powder in 250mL bottle (Dilute w/ 200mL LR)
- 5g over 15min
- Cyanide poisoning w/ DLOC
- IV Infusion
- <5min/6days
- Hypertension, Anaphylaxis
- None
Ipratropium
1. Class
2. Concentration
3. Dose
4. Indications
5. Route
6. Onset/Duration
7. Side Effects
8. Contraindications
- Bronchodilator
- 0.5mg/2.5mL
- 0.5mg
- Bronchospasm
- SVN
- 1-15min/3-6hr
- Tachycardia, HTN, Anxiety, Dizziness
- None
Ketamine (Delirium)
1. Class
2. Concentration
3. Dose
4. Indications
5. Route
6. Onset/Duration
7. Side Effects
8. Contraindications
- Hypnotic
- 500mg/5mL
- 5mg/kg (max 500mg)
- Severe Agitation
- IM
- 1-4min/12-25min
- Emergence Reactions
- None
Ketamine (Pain, RSI)
1. Class
2. Concentration
3. Dose
4. Indications
5. Route
6. Onset/Duration
7. Side Effects
8. Contraindications
- Analgesic
- 500mg/5mL (Diluted to 20mg/mL)
- Pain: 0.2mg/kg, RSI: 2mg/kg (1/2 dose hypotension)
- Pain, RSI
- IV (must dilute!)
- 1min/15-30min
- Laryngospasm
- Undiluted: heart failure, severe hypertension
Keppra
1. Class
2. Concentration
3. Dose
4. Indications
5. Route
6. Onset/Duration
7. Side Effects
8. Contraindications
- Anticonvulsant
- 1500mg/100mL
- 60mg/kg up to 4500mg
- Status Epilepticus
- IV Infusion over 5min x2
- 5-30min/12hours
- Agression, Somnolence
- Hypersensitivity
Lidocaine
1. Class
2. Concentration
3. Dose
4. Indications
5. Route
6. Onset/Duration
7. Side Effects
8. Contraindications
- Antiarrythmic
- 100mg/5mL (pre-load)
- VF, VT, Plan A
- IV
- 3min/10-20min
- Convulsions, Bradycardia
- High Degree Block, Ventricular Rhythms <100
Magnesium Sulphate
1. Class
2. Concentration
3. Dose
4. Indications
5. Route
6. Onset/Duration
7. Side Effects
8. Contraindications
- Electrolyte
- 2g/5mL
- VF/VT/Torsades: 2g IV over 1-2min, Pre/Eclampsia: 4g IV over 15-20min, Status Asthmaticus: 2g IV over 15-20min
- Refractory VF/VT, Torsades, Pre/Eclampsia, Status Asthmaticus
- IV
- Rapid/30min
- Hypotension
- Heart Block
Midazolam
1. Class
2. Concentration
3. Dose
4. Indications
5. Route
6. Onset/Duration
7. Side Effects
8. Contraindications
- Benzodiazepine
- 5mg/1mL
- Anxiety: 1-2.5mg, Convulsion: 10mg (IV/IM), post-RSI sedation/amnesia: 2.5-5mg
- Sedation, Convulsions
- IV/IM
- 2-5min/1-2hrs
- RD, Nausea
- None
Narcan
1. Class
2. Concentration
3. Dose
4. Indications
5. Route
6. Onset/Duration
7. Side Effects
8. Contraindications
- Opioid Antagonist
- 0.4mg/mL
- 0.1mg IV (up to 0.8mg), 0.4mg IM
- Opiate OD
- IV/IM
- 3min IV, 5min IM/60min
- Opiate Withdrawal, Pulm Edema
- None